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HerrMesser

Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:24 pm

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I bet that wouldn't vibrate like the harley.

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Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:25 pm

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and i bet she screams , hey tim could mount that radial he is rebuilding in a frame like that to avoid the feds from aviation hastleing him

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Et2ss

Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:34 pm

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Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:39 pm

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thats pretty cool - er i bet its warm right back there on the seat tho

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Gungrubber

Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:01 am

Major

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now that looks like something i would build

Get your motor runnin :git:

Head out on the highway :git:

Lookin for adventure :git:

And whatever comes my way :git:

might need a bigger gas tank though

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Et2ss

Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:44 am

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I went to visit the Guggenheim Museum "motorcyle as art" show afew years back. Saw a motorcycle from the 1920's German made, that had a rotary radial engine built inside the front wheel.

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Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:47 am

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Found a small pic of it

MEGOLA SPORT
640 cc, 1922, Germany

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Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:51 am

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The famous Megola was designed by MEixner, GOckerell and LAndgraf. It had a sv-five cylinder radial engine with 640 cc and 14 HP in the front wheel. It was built in Munich from 1921 to 1925.

The bike had no clutch and transmission or neutral gear, and the high torque of the engine allowed to accelerate from (almost) zero mph to full speed with one gear. At stops, the engine had to be turned off, then you had to push the bike to get it started again. Imagine this in a modern city with thousands of red traffic lights...

The frame was made of welded and riveted sheet metal. The tube of the front wheel had a special design: the tube was an open circle, so it could be changed without taking the front wheel (and the engine!) out.

The Megola was successful in races with drivers like Toni Bauhofer, Josef Stelzer and Albin Tommasi. The SPORT Megolas had a top speed of 140 km per hour.

Only 2000 units were built. Today the Megola is one of the rarest and most interesting vintage motorcycles.

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Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:53 am

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far out , the power of myt triumph in the front wheel - oooooh , bet that was a control issue ,

no thanks push to start at every stop

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Gungrubber

Post subject: Re: radial

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:11 pm

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that was very intresting bruce.

talk about a diffrent approach

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